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YORK, ASSIGNOR T0 WALES ADDING MACHINE COMPANY, OF WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION F PENNSYL- VANIA.

CALCULATING-MACHINE Bpecication of Letters Patent.

Patented July 1, 1919.

Application led Aprii 27, 1918. Serial No. 231,111.

To all whom. t may conm n Be it known that l, MAX SCI-IUPPE, a citizen of the United States of America, residing in the borough of Brooklyn, Kings county, city and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Ca'leulating-Machines, of which the followiniis a` specification.

KMy invention relates more particularly to traveling carriages for listing machines, although its use is not confined to this class of ,"inachines.

" In listers used in the calculating machine art, for example, it is ofttimes desirable to print numbers and amounts alternately in Vtheir respective columns, in such manner that the several amounts to which the corresponding;r numbers respectively relate, are printed on the same lines with their designating m'imbers, as follows:

Car No. Lbs.

1453 19,217.00 use 42,560.00 2947 87,654.00 32% 72.945.610

the designating numbers beingr printed but not added, and the amounts being both printed and added.

The same form may be used in listing cheek numbers, which are not to be accumulated. and the amounts or values of the respective checks, which latter will be accumulated.

` `lnsoine classes of work. it is desirable to occasionally print a single ln-added number in one column designating' or relating to a series of accumulated amounts printed in another parallel column, as follows:

related amount are printed on the same horizontal line, the usual line space mechanism disabled, preferably, during the operation which effec-ts the imprint of the designating number.' Obviously, also the carriage is shifted back and forth from one column to the other, depending upon Whether designating numbers or amounts are to be printed, to locate the respective designating numbers and the corresponding amounts in their appropriate columns.

Heretofore, means have been provided to mechanically efect the above results, such means following one or another of a plurality of methods.

In one method. the carriage is connected by an adjustable tabulating stop, to a reciprocatory bar having a fixed range of travel in opposite directions.

Ordinarily. the shiftahle bar remains stationary at either limit of its travel, and thus enables amounts to be printed in a vertical column at either limit in the usual manner.

Depressing a key throws in a clutch, and upon the operation of the machine, the shift- ,able bar is driven to the opposite limit of its travel. where it remains fixed until the machine is again operated. A second operation of the machine will drive the carriage back to the position from which it started. and succeeding1r operations continue to drive the carriage to one or the other limit of its tra vel alternately.

Means operated by the shiftahle bar in its travel to the right, prevents the operation of the line space mechanism. and means operable either by the taliulatinsr stop or hy the bar. prevents the registration of the designating number on the counters.

When the non-add mechanism. as such latter means is termed. is controlled bv the bar, its operation is synchronous with the disabling of the line space mechanism.

Such a machine is useful in alternately listing' designa-ting numbersgand amounts, in accord with the rst example given above), the operator setting up the designatini! number when the carriage is at its righthand limit of travel, as in this machine.

printing takes place prior to the carriage shift.

'Howeven the machine is subject-to the greatdisadvantage that the length of travel of the shiftable bar is absolutely constant and inflexible` and consequently the machine can only be. used with special forms having ,cam to positively 5o columns arranged a distance apart equal lo the throw of the carriage when shuttling bueh' and forth.

Also, because the carriage and its bar have two stationary positions, the operator, when desiring to list and add a single column of figures, may throw out the clutch when the carriage is in its right hand position, at which time the line spacing and non-add mechanisms are disabled. ln such event, should the operator proceed with his work, the series of numbers which he desires to add and separately list, will be printed in one spot over one another, and will not be added on the counters. A still further disadvantage inherent in this type of machine is, that in order to print occasional designating numbers only, in accordance with the second example given, it is required that the operator charge his mind with Vthe necessity of releasing the key rontrolling the clutch between the drive shaft and shiftable bar, after listing the designating number and before starting the stroke to list and add the rst amount.

Another method hitherto employed, is to provide a spring adaJted to return the car riage and shiftable ar to, and yieldingly hold them at one of their two limits of travel, preferably the leftward, at each operation ot the machine; an oscillatory camming member actuated from the main drive shaft, being adaptedl to Wipe along aitappet secured to or connected with the carriage or shiftable bar, to shift the bar and its carringe to the opposite limit of travel against the tension of the spring.

A key-controlled adjustable eonnectioqxbs a t t'ween the cumming member and drive governs the actuation of the cam.

Normally, the carriage remains in its left- Ward position, to enable amounts to be listed under one another in vertical alinement and to accumulate such amounts on the counters, in the usual manner.

Aetuation of the, key-controlled connection to effective position, followed by an operation of the main drive shaft, causes the force the Shittable bar and carriage to the right. The cam terminates in a dwell intended to hold the carriage stationary at the end of its right-hand travel prior to the printing operation, and after the printing takes place, the cam returns to its normal position and frees the carriage to the action of its feed spring. which causes the carriage to follow the cam until arrested by the latter, or by an adjustable stop in the path of return of the carriage or its shiftable bar.

In this form of machine, the key controlling the connection between the main drive shaft and the cam., is automatically released on the rewln stroke of the cam` which feature enables the machine to readily perform the shroud example given, but requires that the operator remembiu' to artuate the key on ever)r alternate stroke, when worliing exam ples lih'e the first above given.

ln addition to thm; burdening the mem` ory of the operator, one of the main objec tions to this l'orm ol mechanism, is that on rapid operations, the (fam is so terribly pressed against tln` tappet traveling with the carriage, as to drive the carriage at such rate that the carriage overthrows, or travels past the position in which it should stand when printing in the leftward column. ln other words, the momentum oi' the carriage causes it lo prooi-ed .farther tothe righ! after the dwell portion of the cam contmts the tappet, and as printing orours immedi ately after the dwell portion ofthe am has reached its position to contact. the tappet` it is plain that, under the above conditions` amounts in the left-hand column would be printed in scattering positions. and would also be blurred` due to the travel of the earringe at the moment of printing.

Comparing the former methods above ex plained, it will be seen that the first one provides means to positively drive the carriage to prcdetern'iined points, first in one direction, and then in the opposite direction, on alternate operations of the machine; and that the second method employs means to drive the carriage positively in one direction from its home position and then permits its return to home position under the infiueuee ot the feed spring, during a single operation ot the machine. Thus, the carriage normally remains in its home position.

Business practice also requires the rross4 tabulation ot amounts, or of numbers and amounts, that is, the printing oi such nunr bers and amounts horizontally across the page in three or more columns, and ealeiv lating machines, with automatic tabulatingr mechanism so arranged that the carriage will shift to bringr a new eolunm to the print ingl point at each optn'ation of the machine, without line spacing, have heretofore been devised.

However` the types of shuttle carriage ma chinos above set forth, are not so equipped, and could not be equipped for automatii'` cross-talnlating, without the exercise of inventive ingenuity,

One of the objects of this invention is to provide a shuttle carriage which will roinbine the results obtained in the first two former methods above explained, in a simple and novel manner, whereby to enable the operator by the single setting of a manuallycontrolled moans, to autonnitirally efie-et the alternate imprint of amounts in parallel columns. and to permit the operator to adjust the location of one ofthe columns closer te or larther from the other.

And I attain this object by a new eo1nbiiiii'tling action of the carriage.

duced, which does not impose a burden on the'mernory of the operator.

To `these ends, I provide a carriage no1-- mally held stationary in its home position by n feed springr and positively driven in the i0 opposite direction to a predetermined point where it is arrested against overthrow until after the printing occurs, whereupon, the carriage is returned to its home position by the feed spring, controlled by the positive drive mechanism.

A further object is to provide a carriage adapted on every alternate operation of the machine, to be positively shiftedon the forward stroke of the main drive shaft, from its home position to its opposite limit of travel; and to return to its home position under yielding action, during the return stroke of the main drive shaft, Without attention on the part of.the operator except for the preliminary setting of a manually-controlled device.

This object differs from that attained in the old method last explained, in that in such old method, the operator is required V90 to operate the key leveren alternate operations when the designating number is to be printed in the left-hand column.

, Also, such object d'ili'ers from that attained in the old method first explained,

"" since the carriage is positively driven to one limit of its travel on the forward stroke of themain drive shaft prior to the printing action, and the restoration of the carriage to 'its home position occurs during the return l0 stroke of the main drive shaft, and is eli'ected by the yielding action of the feed spring.

A still further object is the provision of lnovel and improved means to shift the cargc. t print occasional numbers in a colim num to the left of that in which amounts are listed When the carriage is in its home posiltion. such novel means being' operable by fthe/means which effects the automatic shut- Hi-nc: of the carriage on-alternate operations *in 'of the machine.

This obj-ect differs from the second method `heretofore explained, in that such fnnethod is .not adapted to be controlled b v means to eect the automatic repcatedshnt- The means `Whereinf thesinsle shuttle operation is ef- Hfeetetl. also disables the line space feed. so

` "that the designating number, and its corre 4socialism; `ammini, are printed on the same i fill "horizontal dine.

A `Still another object is the provision, in a `ainsle carriage mechanism equipped for the alternate and occasional shuttling operati ons v l above eet `forth,-of an automatic cross-tabut latine mechanism, whereby, upon simply opcrat'ing a manually-conlrollcd kry or simi lar device, the automatic cross-taludating :ietion is substituted for the shuttling action, und vice versa.

In brief, in a machine constructed in accordance with this invention, the opcrator can placc the carriage mechanism in condi tion to shuttle oncc. to automatically shuttle 011 allci'nale operations, or lo uutmnutically .'ross-taluilalc, by simply dcprcssing llic appropriate key.

A still ful'lhcr object is to cnullle a serics of sli-'cessi "i items to bc cross-tabnlatcd, thc` respective itrxns beingr successively and automatically non-addid and added on the countcrs, and printed in their respeciivc columns.

A further object, and one related to the foregoingr is the provision of a single means to control the shuttling and cross-tabuhding operations of the carriage, whcreby thc shui tling mechanism may, he disabled and the cross-labulatingr mechanism rendered cll'ective, or virc versa.

Another object is the provision, in combination with the shuttlingir `mcclmnism, oi' novel means to effect an adjustment of thc carriage travel, whereby amounts printed in one column, may be arranged relatively closer to or farther from the parallel column in which the designating numbers are printed.

The carriage is thus adapted for use with a variety of forms, which may require that the units places in the columns, be located varying distances apart. My invention also enables the operator to vary the interval between the units digits of the respective columns of inunbers and amounts. so as to skip an intcrnudiate column, for inetancc, and to accurately locate the units digits in thc units place in one column of the shccl, the printing point of the units digits of the remaillingr column bei ng fixed by the limit ol travel oi thc carriage on its positivcl)r dri vcn shuttle stroke. Thus, in adjusting thc carriage to an)Y particular form, the latter n mv be inserted in the machine, one of th'.l shuttle mechanism control keys depressed, and thc, main drive shaft operated on its forward stroke to shift the carriage and Form from its normal position toward the 'opposite limit vof its travel, where it is held until the form is adjusted relatively to thc printing point, to bring the units Vplace of the column on thc ,form apl'n'opriatcd tothe designating numbers, into registry with the units type, after which the main drive shaft is pcrmitted to return, to enable the carriage to be ldravvn to the left, until the units place of the column appropriated to the accumu' lated amounts registers With the units printing type, "whereupon, the stop mechanism is adjusted to arrest the return travel of the carrie e at that point.

In t 's manner, columns of numbers and.

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name 127.05 (o) n.75 21.71.1.52 (a) :naa-.i terrao nl) s711221 791m (c) 74am 021.76 (f) lt will be noted that the location of the amount rolnmn rainbr adjusted to print sucresire` amounts in 'vertical alinement, but. at murine' distances from tite rolnmn of numbers. and in acrordanee"with either of the adjustments if, to f, it being understood that the units digits ol the suveessiw amounts; under :my ol'V the adjustments, will all lie in vertical alinement, but at .auch a distance troni the column ol' ligurrs as is illustrated in tbe particular adjustment selected.

(lbriously, :nljuntment a, i'or instaure, will permit the carriage to shuttle norms and skip a narrow rolumn.

Another objet-t ol` my invention is to prevent rebound ot' the carriage on its return to its home. position, to which end, I provide positive mennel to lock the carriage on its return, and arrange to disable the locking,r means` just previously to the beginning ot the positively actuated shuttling throw olz the carriage. The lock again becomes etiertite. just prior to the return of the carriage.

A still further object, and one which, so for :1a-:l am aware, is. entirely new, is to pre vent the lshnttlingr operation of the carriage when the extent of travel of the carriagey in sueh operation, would exceed the ordinary bounds l.etween which the carriage may travel.

The. maximum travel of the carriage is mistonnu'ily fixed by limit stops, the location ot' which is determinedby the length of the platen1 so that amounts may be printed as near each end of the paper on the platen as is, practicable.

My present invention is designed to prevent a shuttle. operation of the carriage when the home` position of the` carriage is located so close to the limit stop toward which the carriage travels in shuttling, that the throw imparted to the carriage on such shuttle travel, would tend to drive the. carriage beyond the limit. set 'by the final stops.

Obviously, in the absence of such disabling means, the carriage eonld not pass the fixed stop toward which it travels, and the machine would be rendered inoperative. even if parts were not broken, upon any attempt to torce the carriage past such stop.

Still another object of the invention is the provision of Simple and improred m `aus to automatically prevent the. registration ot numbers on the accumulating section of a` calculating;r machine, when the carriage is in one of its columnar positions.

A. `etill further object is the provision of novel moans to enable the digits constituting a designatingl number to bc printed on the. same line with the digits forming the amount to which suchdeeignat'ingI number relatos, by disabling; the line space. feed until the second Pgroup of digits is printed, whether an auio'unt or a designating number.

To these and other ends, my invention includcs certain novel features and combinations of parts, and other objects and advantages, all of which will be more fully explained hereinafter and particularly pointed ont in the claims.

In the accompanyingr drawings, Figure l is a left hand side elevation of the familiar rales calculating machine, parts being omitted, equipped with one form of my invention, the machine being at rest;

Fig. 2 is a similar view, showing the position of the parts, after the depression of the set keys controlling the oarriage-shuttling mechanism. the main drive shaft being at the end of its forward stroke;

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view through the machine;

Fig. 4 is a rear view of the carriage;

Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail side view of a partY of the train of mechanism by which the carriage is shuttled, together with the controllingand setting keys, and the nonadd controlling cam, showing the means: whereby the control key governs the setting key, the control key being depressed, and the setting key released, at the end of the forward stroke of the, main drive shaft,

Fig. G is a Similar view, showing the posi* tions of the parts at the end of the next succeeding forward stroke, at which time, the setting key has been antoniatiwl de pressed;

Fig. 7 is a detail sectional vir through the carriage, showingr the shuttli mechanism control of the line space disabling mechanism in normal position;

Fig. 8 is a similar view, showing the. line space disabling mechanism effective;

Fig. 9 is a detail side view, showing the trip means operated by the special key to release the control and setting keys, the parts being in normal position;

Fig. 1() is a similar view, showingr the positions assumed by the parts upon the depression of the special key;

Fig. 11 is a fragmentary detaiLpartly in section, showing the carriage control oi the trip means;

Fig. 12 is a fragmentary top plan view of the trlp means and its` operating connect1ons;

Fig. 13 is a top plan view, parts heine` removed. oi the earriafle and the means for adjuatiug' the shuttliug' travel thereof.y the travelin.;y abutment beingr in its,l houle posio tion;

Fig. 14 is a Similar view. showing the travelingabutment at the opposite end ot' ita rahuttle Stroke;

Fig. l is :i detail .Caeetioual vieu' of the lneauf` for regulating the L:huttle travel 0f the earriage. taken on line of Fig. 1?);

Fifi. 11' is a detail eeetional vien' of the eaainp t'or the regulating meaue. taken at right angleh4 to Fig. 15 and ou line l3-13 m ot Fig. 1T;

Fig. 17 is a top pian view of the regir latiner means, parts being omitted,

Fig". 1S ie ay Sectional View through the. earriage. taken -troiu the eide opposite that in which Figs. T and S were ta `ien, and show-- ing the eoluinu tahulating mechanism iu idle poaition. with the rohuan t'abulating eontrol oi the line `#pare disabling nieehanimi;

Fig. 1) is a lailnilar vieu', showing' the talullatiny.r hey depreased to render the eollunn tahulating and line Spare disabling meehaniaum` ell'eetive:

Fig'. 20 is a detail top plan vien'. partly broken away and in `Qeetion. e-1ho\vin LT the eohunn tahulating eseapement mechanism in uorlnal position;

Fignll is a detail top plan vien' of the eaeapeiuent member. `@honing the eht-Chingstop thereof effective on the return stroke of the luain drive Shaft:

Fig. QQ is a detail Sertional vieu' ol' the eseapement ineuiber;

Fig. in aside. elevation oi' the earriage. frame alone. aud

Fig. 24 is a top plan view thereof` hou ing the grooved top rail.

l have eho ien to illustrate one torni oi in)v invention applied to the \\'el|l\'uo\vu li'aleal raleulatiug' iuaehine, sueh as is disrlmed in ll. S. patents to lVales, 791.205, July l1. 1905. 797.0552. August 15. 1905, and '.ilth. Nov. 23. 1909: ilrFarland; 842.232, January 2li. 1907; l\el-`arland & 'ales, $0,741.57. February 25, 11108; h'rFai-laud, $80.151), February 25, 1908, and lllllll, y\pril 23, 1912, and lenteeost, lJLIAlSl,

i April 24A, 1917. to whit-l1 reieleure is unido to a` more extended explanation ot' the \ari ons uleelumimu#l employed. their fulutional perl'orznalu'e. and the rersulta ohtaiued.

Referring to Fia's. l. 2 and Il'. :rliaaa SIVIT i` mwpeuded hy swinging' radine hara Fla?,

supports right aud lel't .aide 'iranien` SMT. he#

tween u'hieh are mounted lroln trout to rear, a Ice vhoard meehauieln. an areulunlatiuf.: mechanism, and a printing' lnerhanislu. The printer ineludea typerarriera 5H (Fig. El) .anpportzing types 501. adapted to iinpinfre. against a platen 209i laat on an axle 2004 `iournaled in right and lei't end 1platea` 201() (l"ig.-s..1 and 2) .serurml to a earriagr slide Lil) .2065 (Fig. 3) mounted to travel hack and forth between the upper and lower rails 06T of a carriage casting extending aeroea` and seeured to the rear ends` of the, Side frames 96T.

The keyboard mechanism (Fig. 3) iueludes` denominational rows ot heya 11T to eontrol rorresptunlingly arranged atopa 11.3 adapted to arrest the advanee ol' a Similarlyv arranged series ot addingr raels o1' drive inenihera 310, of which latter there if; one for eaoh counter 190.

Depression of a key 11T in any ot the de-` nomilnltional rows, rocks a lever 116 to prol jeet the proper indexing stop 115 into the path of the eorreeponding raek or drive member 310.

The parallel racks or drive members 3l() are supported for movement forwardly an'd rearwardly, by front arms 31:2 journaled on a eross shaft 300, and by rear armsl 311 jour naled on a erom rod 301. Springe@` 383 ronneeted to the rear arms 311 and to a re- `atraining and restoring;l har 205, tend to ad vanee the racks 31() against the Stops 115i Het up in their respeetive paths. The restrain ingrr and restoringIr har Juin hy its eontaet with the front arma` 312, normally restrains the raeks 310 against :ulvaneingT and retaiils them iu retired position.

l*`iugers 2Go depending from a shaftA 265 journaled in the side Vframes UGT for rotation` Support the. restraining and restorinj.;` har 205. The free end ot an arnl 21() fixed to the main drive shaft 300, traverses a eaux `alot 22W Vt'oruied in a eranh :20 aerured to the shaft '3415. to roeh the latter. Normally, the niain restoring; spring 295 eonnerttalfto an arlu 22* on the xnain drive IShaft. retaiue` the eranl\'operating arlu 2.1() at one end of the slot 22th. to hohl the reatrainiup.r and restoring har 20? in ita` normal position. i

The eouuters i90. each provided within pinion 135. are individually rotatable on an axle 400 loeated above the rat-.lts 31() and supported at its opposite endaA in arm 322 (Figa. 1 and 2) pivoted at 952" to the respertive side traineey mi?. lrops 319. :the upper ends of which are pivoted at 35i' to they axle-earryiug arma 322. are `Slotted at their lower ends' to :u't-olnlnodate the oppo- `ite ends of a trip rod 303 (Figs. l, i2 and journaiell on the eroy :Lha't't 'ifll. to shift forwardili and rearwardlvv in an areuate path. Links .1-1 eouuert. the trip rod :llll to 'arma 212, 210 on the ulaiu drive shaft 2110. The. prop` ill!) and trip rod 2103 nururally ai 'iin the rounters 41N! and their piuiona 135 out. oil lneah with the melia or drive iueluhers 31th as shown in Figa. 1

"and 3.

(louvergriug invia-a H311n (l ig. 3) ronneeted to and extending.: rearwardly from the reapertlve ravit-support lng' arms 311. earrv dellt) pendingl links 515 :it their rear ends, which links nre., in turn, piroted to the teils of, und support the typeeurriersI 514 in which the types 501 ure mounted. The restreiniiig und restoring bur 205, when in normal position` holds the typeciirriers lowered so tlnit their "(1 types lie just below the print ing line ol the platen 2094.

lhiiwing t'orwnrdly u hnudle i210", for insluuee. iii :in adding operutiou, turns the mitin driie sliii't, 200 on its Vlorwiird stroke, uguinst the tension of the miiin spring 285. The matin drive shaft cruises the erm 210 to tr-.ii'erse the eem-slotted ernnk 220 sind withdi'iiw the restrnii'iing und restoring bnr 205 relatively to the forwnrd ruck-supporting urnis 312. The springs 383 udvnnee the reeks 31() :is the restraining und restoring bnr retreats, until the rnek extensions contiiet. either the stopsl projected into their pnths. or the usuel ruck detents .221 jour nnled on ii cross shiift 2.02 und norninlly lying in the pntlis of the reeks. The raie( deteiits oi'erlie the ke \'set1 stops 115, to be displiieed by the lstops` when the lutter :ire projerted.

The rut-ks 310. :is they ndrnnee, roek the reiir :irms 311 :ind the eoiirerging levers 311 to lift. the typerurriers {i1-L :ind bring the types-'501 sueeessirelir to the printing line, the `stops 1l5 nrresting the rneks nin ti'peenrreis when the hitter hure positioned the types roi-responding to the depressed y,

keys 117, :it the printing line. .\t this time. the rurks'hnre ndi'uneed sullieiently so tlint on their retirement., they will turn the rounters i90 to register thereon the nuiouut rep resented by the depressed keys.

Returning to the beginning ot the operaitioii ol the mnehiue. the mnin drii'e shaft i200` :is it` stiirts` on its t'orwnrd stroke, :ilso li-uws the links 21st t'orwiirdly. to :idriinee the trip rod 303 in :i deseending nrc. The eounier-supporting props` 310 nre thus relieved ot' support :ind would follow the trip rod, to lower the eounters 4510 into engagement with the reeks 310 through the pinions 435, nt. nbout the time the reeks start on their toi-werd stroke. were it not for the legsl or eounter-detuining members 316 tl*`igs. l, 2 und 3) joui-nailed nt their upper ends on the ends of the counter axle 400. und provided with feet 310 norninlly held by springs` :iS-t. in nlineinent with steps 958 projeeting from the side friimes 007. Just. :is theV eounters `|790 .stuit to descend, the 'feet iilt'r strike sind rest ou the steps 958" to detulu the eouuters out` of mesh with their reeksl until the lutter hure completed their udvnnee.

'lo :iti'ord plenty ot time for the rneks to complete their ndriinee. the coun rs :ire

i 4wfithlield lroni eugngenient with the reeks,

in nddiug operations, until the, end ot the G fiifioi'wzi rd stroke of the niniu drive shaft.

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This is eleeted by providin the legs B16 with slotted bridle links 321, ttige. 1, 2 und 3) piroted ut 257, thereto, the ends of the trip rod 303 adapted to idly traverse the slots in the bridle links en in the lower ends of the eonnteesupporting props 319 until, neer the end of the forward stroke the trip rod strikes the front end wells ot the slots in the bridle links 321 und trips the feet 310 from the sents 95S", whereupon the counters 490 snep into engngenient with their reeks 810, due to gravity, und the springs 23H0 (Figs. 1 sind 2) connected to the props 319 und tensioned by the trip rod on its zidvnnce.

The printing hnuiniers 510 (Fig. 3) :ire tripped by ineehnnisni not shown, but fully set forth in U. S. liiteiits Nos. 794,205 und 940,758, referred to, to strike the firing pins or plungers 502 wliieh, in turn, drive the positioned types 5(31 iigiiinst the pieten .2094 to effect the imprint ot the amount set up on the kei'bonrd. just utter the counters engnge their reeks.

The operntor relenses the houille 1210b :it the end of the forwaird stroke, :ind the mein restoring spring 285 etleets the return of the uiziiu di'ire sli-(ift. whit-h then eziiises the :irm :210 to retrziee the slot 220 in the crunk :trui 212() to shift the restrnining und restoring bnr 205 biiek to noriniil position. The bnr {05 presses :igniust the t'ront arms :5l-2 of the iidriineed reeks 310 nud retires the hitter to turn the counters 490 und reeister thereon the uniount represented by tlie depressed keys.

Retirement of the reeks also lowers the t \'pee.irriers to norinnl position.

The trip rod 303, which operates :is e eonnter-disengiiging und supporting rod, is returned b v the links '214. und retruees its puth in un useendinf nre. .\t first. the trip rod idly tinrerses tie Slot-s in the Countersupporting props 319 und bridle links 321. to pei-init the eonnters to reni-nin engaged with the` riieks dnrinethe retirement ot the hitter. Nour the end` of the return stroke. however. and nfter the retirement ot the reeks. the trip rod strikes the upper ends ot the slots in the counter-Supporting props 319 :ind lifts the letter to roek the urms 32'! sind djsengiifre the eounters jf90 from the reeks 310. rldhe :trms 322 end Counter nxle 400, :is they nseend, lift the legs B1G until the feet 316 thereof eleiir the rests 058, whereupon the springs S84 snep the feet int-o nlinement with the rests. i

The nieehnnism for efl'eeting the imprint of the types 561 is also reset on the return st roke` und the machine is ready for :mother operntion. Y

Suitable ribbon feed :ind reversing ineehnnism is provided to cnuse. n step b v` step trnrel of the ribbon past the types in eitliei direetion.

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Mechanism )rovided to effect the irnprint ot totals and sub totals, and the clearin,y of the counters.

lhns, depression of a key 327 (Figs. 1 and 2) rocks a set lever 317 fast on the cross shaft 300, to turn the latter, and with it a soinewluit similar set lever (not shown) on the opposite side of the machine.

The sel levers are each provided with npwardly projectinlglr arms 317b connected by links 31o with the legs 310, whereby depression of the key 327 swings the legs out of alincinent with their rests 958".

TheI upper end ot' one of the arms 317b also contacts a stud 359 on a slide 320 shiftable forwardly and rearwardly on pins 358 and 358 projecting from one of the side frames 907, to advance the slide. A cam slot 320" in the slide embraces a roll 251 0n an arm 222i fast on the cross shaft 202 journaled in the side frames. Similar arms 222" (Fig. 3) fastened to the cross shaft just within the side frames 907, carry a bail 201 extending beneath the rack detents 221.

The slide 220. on its advance, causes the roll 2.51 .to t'ollow the cam slot 220a and rock the shaft 202` which swings the bail 204 against the entire series of rack detents, to .shift the latter out of the paths of their resportive racks 310.

Furthermore, when the set levers 317 are rocked h v the depression of key 327. a thrust stud 355 (l `i;rs. 1 and 9) on each of the arms 317i ot' the set levers, advances past shoulders` Z'llt on corresponding thrust links 314:, pivoted at their rear ends at 351, to the upper arms of counter-lifting bell crank levers 313. The remaining arms of the levers 313 extend forwardly behind the legs 310 and beneath studs 357b projecting inwardly therefrom.

The set levers are held in adjusted posi tion by a stud 354 on one of the set levers 317, which is shifted from normal position above, to a position vbelow the path of a curved locking rib 217 on a segmental plate 211 Vfast on the drive shaft 200. When the main drive shaft is turned on its forward stroke, while the key 327 is depressed, the forward end of the rib 217 passes over the stud 354 and locks the set levers 317 Where adjusted until the rear end of the rib releases the .stud and set levers to the action of the restoringl spring 382.

lu thc foregoing adjustment., the trip rod 303, as it descends ou the t'orward stroke of ythe main drive shaft, lowers the counters 190 into mesh with their 'racks 310 prior to the advance of the latter. Hence, the racks, as they advance, upon the withdrawal of the restraining and restoring har i205. rotate the counters in a direction reverse to that in which the; turn when adding` until cam .steps lll (Fig. 3) tast with the counters, (not shown herein, but fully set forth in patentto f W'ilgus, 1,133,596, March 30, 1915,) ,which arrests the counters in their zero osltions.

The locking rib 217 releases tie stud v334A at the end of the forward stroke of the main drive shaft to enable the latter, and the set levers 317a to return to normal position unJ der the influence of the spring 382 assisted bythe inclined rear end of the rib, which, as the main'drive shaft starts on its return stroke, impinges against the stud 3545 to cum the set levers back toward their normal positions. The'arms 31.7b of the set leversV during such forcible return, press the studs 355 against the shoulders 314 of the thrust links 314 to rock the counterdifting bell cranks l313 and cause them to raise the legs 316 to disengage the counters 100 from the racks 310 prior to the retirement of the latter.

y If a sub-total is to be printed, thekey 327 is held depressed until after the return stroke has begun, so that the locking rib 217 re-interposes itself in the path of return of the stud 351, and the counters remain engaged with the racks dnrin their retirement to again register thereon t ie amount previously accumulated.

In` a totaling or clearing operation, the counters V100 control the advance of the racks 310,'which in turn elevate the typecarriers 511 until types 501 corresponding t9 the total registered on the counters, are brought. to the printingr line. The printing hammers 510 operate at the end of the forward stroke; to impress the types on the paper, in the usual manner well known in the art.

A suitable line space mechanism normally imparts a step b v step rotation to the. laten at cach operation ot the machine. n the present instance, a line space pawl 2611 (Figs. 3, 7 andS) pivoted at 2053 to an arm 2010 fast on a gudgeon 9053 journaled in one of the carriage4 end plates '3010, engages a ratchet 2020 (Figs. T, 8, 18 and 10) secured to the platen 3094, to advance the paper in line spacing direction. A spring 2082* yieldingly holds the line `space pawl engaged with the ratchet 20520. Arms 2010 secured to the gudgeons 2053 in the opposite end plates, carry a universal line space bail 2002, extending across the machine.

A thrust or pusher bar .2026 extending rearwardly from a rod 302 (Fig. 3) ymounted in and connecting the radius bars 323, carries a roll l at its rear end normally in contart with the line space bail 2002 to retain the latter at one extreme of its travel against the tension of a spring 2, (Figs. l and 4). The bail 2002 normally holds the line space pawl 2014 advanced with the pawl disengaged from its ratchet `2020, us shown in Figs. 7 and 18.

The main drive shaft 200, on its forward stroke, draws the links 214, radius bars 323 and cross rod 302 forwardly, which in turn,

retrait-ts the thrust bnr 2020. The spring 2 .swings` the. line spuee huil 300'] forwurdly to follow the roll 1, und thereby draws the puwl 201i idly over the ratchet teeth 2020 preparatory totukinxgr u new bite.

(,)n the return stroke, the thrust ber 2026 forces the unirerml buil 5200;). rearwardly, which drives-thc line spnee pnwl 30H for wnrdly to reuse it to enter between two teeth ol' the rntehet 3020 und turn the rattehet undl plutcn 20H-l to udvnuee the peper. Line spiice regulating nie-.ins of usuel forni is provided to enable the peper to be fed one or nlore spuces :it euch operation of the machine.

, To retnin the curi-inge in diHerent positions relatively to the printing meclntnism, n tubulnting ber 3 (Figs. l, 3, 4, 7, S, 1S und l0) extends between the end frames 2010 of the carriage in which frames it is journnled by trnnnions l. A releusing lever (Figs. :i und l) `secured ut its lower end to one ot` the trnnnions. l, extends upwardly and is slotted to neeonnnmlute .the pinten axle 200i. spring (i Figs. l` 2, 1S und 10) eonneeled to n pron;r l projecting from one oi' the trunnions4 4, nornrully holds the tubuluting bur Il nt one. end ot' its oscillatory travel, which is determined by the length ot' the slot in the releusinglr lever 5. the, reur end of which slot normally eontnets` the platten uxle 200 l, ns lshown in` tig. 3.

'lubuluting'stops 7 (Figs. 3, 4, 7, S, 1R und 1n) adjustable long the tnbnluting lmr 2i und held where adjusted by the engagement ot' Asprl11g-pressed teeth on the stops with teeth 25" on the upper edge of the bnr, euch curry :i toe S on their inner faces, adapted, under the influence of the spring G, to contnct :1n :thutlnent 9 protruding remwnrdly from the upper ruil 2007 of the carriage rusting'. to hold the enrriege nt Yurious points in its trnrel )ust the printinr inet-han nisin, :1nd thus enni le one, or more rerticnl lists ot figures to be printed :it any desired point on the peper.

. The usuel .spring drum 10 (Fig. 1) may be connected by 11 flexible strep 11 (Figs. 1 und 3) with the truvelilrig,lr carriage, and oonstuntly tendsI to draw or.feed the lutter to one end of its puth, as in letter Spacing direction.

'l'he spring drum 10 holds the tubulating `stop 7 lirlnly uguinst the abutment which, in the present. instante., is recessed, ne :it 0 (Figs. 7 und 13)` to neeonnnodute the toes l ol' the. stops, und the wells of the abutment :1re inclined towel-d the re.ce,;-:s.

Rocking the release lever 5 from its nor und position, turns the tubuluting `bur it, ugruinst the tension of the spring (i, to withdi-:1w the toe ti ot' the particular stop 7 nt that time. in engngexnent with the nlntnient. utter whirh the operutor' muy let go of the Ici er 5, wlmreupon the feed spring 10 draws the Carriage in letter spacing direction. The spring G restores the tubuluting bur to norniul position. with the stops 7 in :dinelnent with the abutment 0, und the enrringe continues to trurel until the toe of the. sue ceeding tnbulnting .stop rides up the inclined wnll of the abutment und tinully snups into the recess 0 thereof, to leek the 'urriege in the next eohnnnnr position.

Most of the foregoing nieelnmisnls ure fully disrlosed in the putents heretofore referred to, and constitute :L part of the presenty invention, only in so tnr es they :1re combined with the new tentures now to be Set. forth.

Limit stops 12 (Figs. 18-Q0) near the opposite ends of the curriuge slide 2005, to which the curl-inge end plntes`20l0 :1re Cured, contuct n fixed Stop 13 (Figs. 7 und 8) mounted in the mrriaxge Casting 2007 to prevent disconnection ot' the euri-inge `slide troni its supporting;Y rusting or rails, :md deines the extreme bounds between whit-h the carriage tney travel. Il`he limit stops ure situated .so :is to arrest the carriage :it either end ol' its travel, just before the eorrespondingr end of the plnten 2091 enrricd thereby. uni-overs nny of the typeeztrriers ill of the printing nieehunisln.

To etteet the nntonuitie :shuttlinr of the wil-ringe between two columns, here contrived novel menus to reriproente the :ibutnient t). which, for this purpose, is `sliduble relutirely to the curringe rusting 2007 in- `steed of being rigidly fixed thereto.

A\eeordin,grly, the uhutlnent S) (Figs. 3, 7, 13 und Q-l) is mudo sepan-nte from and lies ngz-einst the outer faire of the upper ruil 12007 to slide therenlon. A laterally extending nrln 9b projecting inwardly troni the :ibutnlent, rests on top of the ruil, whieli is cut :muy between its ends, ns :it 12007, :t sultieient distance to :i tl`o1d room for the reciprocution of the nhutinent. The :mn Sl" ot the nhutiuent is secured to u bur 1t sliduhle in n guide groove 15 'formed along the inner fece of the, upper ruil 2007, and communieuting intermedinte its ends with the recessed outer portion 2067 of the. ruil.

Flanged guides 10 (Figs. 13 und lll) liled :it intervnls to the renr fuee of the rurriztge ruil, retain the bor 1t in the guide groove ngninst interni ploy. A stop 17 ndjnstubly nlouuted in one end ot the guide groove. 15, absolutely limits the trurel of the nlultment El :n d arrests the enrringe :igninst orerthrow, by the eontuet oll the end ofthe bnr l l therewith, und n second .stop le lixed :it the opposite end ol' the recessed portion 2007 ol the upper curl-inge ruil, in the return puth ot the nlnitlnent t, urrests the abutment -und the ein-ringe ut its opposite extreme of travel. Obviously, both the stops 17 und 18 muy be adjustable, it yde'.-;i|ed,

l proridyl positively uetunted means to paper carriage, by reason of its connection with the abutment, travels with the latter, against the tension of the carriage feed sprin 10. The stroke of the drive lever 37 is su cient to drive the abutment 9 to the right until the right hand end of the bar 14 just touches the adjustable stop 17, (see Fig. 14). It is obvious that the Stop 17 must not restrict the positive drive of the abutment and its drive bar 14, and its main ohject is to prevent overthrow of the carriage due to momentum, after the positively driven train of mechanism has reached its limit of travel on the forward stroke of the main drive shaft.

The printing operation occurs just before the main drive shaft 200 reaches the end of its forward stroke, and to hold the carriage stationary from the time it reaches the end of its travel, until the main drive shaft ccmpletes the remainder of its stroke, so that .the printing will be clear and accurately located in the column which has been brought opposite the printing mechanism, I arrange the lower end of the cam slot 36 (Figs. 1, 2, 5 and-6) in the drive lever 37 to substantially conform to the arc of travel of the rocker stud 35 so that when the stud reaches this portion of the cam slot, further travel of the carriage drive mechanism is prevented and the carriage is held stationary in the position to which it has been shifted, to to prevent scattering and blurred printing. At the end of its forward stroke, the mam drive shaft 200 is released to the action of the main restoring spring 9.85, which returns` the actuator 303 and connected parts to their-home positions, as explained heretofore. i

lt will he remembered that the coupling 26A when in effective position, confines the actuator 303 to the wider rear end of the slot 19, to prevent longitudinal travel of the rod independently of the draft link 20, although the actuator shifts vertically in the rear end of the slot, accompanied by the yielding coupling.

The actuator on its return, being still locked against the rear wall of the slot 19, in the draft link 20, forces the draft link rearwardly, and thereby causes the rocker stud 35 to retrace its path in the cam slot 36 to swing the drive lever 37 and its stud 38 to their home positions.

This frees the carriage feed spring 10 for operation and the spring immediately draws he carriage back toward its home position as the drive lever starts its return. The carriage transmits the pull of the spring, through the active tab-ulatin stop 7, to the abutment 9 to restore the latter with the bar-"14, and asthe bar returns, it rotates the gear 50 andl pinion 49 in the reverse direction, to retract the drive rack 42 and link 40, and thereby retains the forward end wall of the slot 39 a aiust the drive stud 38 in the drive lever 3 until the papel' carriage is arrested in its home position.

The arrest of the carriage occurs prior to the completion of the return stroke of the train of drive mechanism, and of course, halts further movement of the link 40, so that during the remaining travel of the drive mechanism to its normal position, the drive stud 38 idly moves toward the rear end of the slot 39 in the link 40.

Although the carriage feed spring 10 draws the carriage toward its home position, the positively driven train of mechanism would restore the carriage independently of the spring, until such mechanism comes to rest at the end of the return stroke of the main drive shaft, and in any event. the speed of return of the positively driven train of mechanism regulates and controls the s eed at which the carriage travels towar its home position, to prevent a sharp impact and jar when the carriage is arrested.

From the foregoing, it will be seen that an amount can first be printed on the paper and registered on the counters 490, while the carriage is in its home position, after which the stem 31 may be depressed, and the main drive shaft 200 turned, to drive the carriage to the right, and print an amount in a column to the left of that in which the first amount was printed. The carriage returns to its home position during the return stroke of the main drive shaft, so that except during the shuttling stroke, the carriage always remains in its boinc position.

Novel means are provided to enable the use of the paper carriage, equipped for shuttling action, with various forms having columns arranged different distances apart, and l prefer to effect such adjustments by variously arresting the carriage on its return toward home position, under the influence of the carriage feed spring 10, and thereby correspondingly increase or decrease the distance through which the carriage is positively driven.

It must be remembered, however, that the positively driven train of mechanism is positively returned, and that no arrest of the carriage Should occur which would prevent the return of the positively driven mechanism.

I. therefore, provide the stud and slot connection 38, 39 between the positively driven lever 37 and the paper carriage, which enables me to adjustably arrest the paper carriage at any of a number of points within the scope of travel of the stud 38 in the slot 39, without interfering with the return of the drive lever 37.

Obviously, by arresting the carriage at different points during its spring-actuated return, I vary the position of the right-hand column (printed when the carriage is in its 

